Tag: Fortnite

How to become Godzilla in Fortnite and how to unlock the Godzilla skin

Here’s how to do it.

You read that right. If you play Fortnite, and you like Godzilla, we have great news for you.

In Chapter 6 Season 1, you can actually become Godzilla in matches. What’s more, you can also earn a Godzilla skin for your character.

We’re here to guide you through that! First off, make sure you have the Chapter 6 Season 1 Battle Pass. That’ll help you to get the skin easier. And as for playing as the giant monster that everyone has loved for decades? That’s a lot harder, but it’s doable.

Let’s run through both of those as we get set for Godzilla to take over Fortnite.

How do I play as Godzilla in Fortnite? Where does Godzilla spawn?

This requires you finding a portal, and the chances of that portal spawning are not that high. But when you see an alert pop up telling you the “Godzilla Portal is open,” you’ll see a location to head to. And if you’re lucky enough to be the first person inside, you will turn into Godzilla and you can stomp and shoot heat rays at other players.

How do I get the Godzilla skin in Fortnite?

If you have the aforementioned Battle Pass, you need to get up 12 levels to earn it. That’s it!

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The Fortnite OG Kickoff during College Football Playoff coverage had fans baffled

What the heck is the “Fortnite OG Kickoff?”

If you’ve been watching 2024 College Football Playoff coverage this weekend, you’ve probably heard one of ESPN’s broadcast personalities reference something called Fortnite OG.

Yes, the multiplayer video game apparently has a nostalgic update (if you can honestly say a throwback to the year 2017 is nostalgic), and it is sponsoring kickoff coverage for College Football Games this weekend.

The “Fortnite OG Kickoff” is officially one of the strangest things to come out of college football this year, and fans have absolutely noticed just how bizarre all of this is.

Watch an example of how this sounds from the ESPN booth at Friday night’s Indiana-Notre Dame game.

Now watch it again from Clemson-Texas with the context that the first video isn’t a prank edit.

If you giggle every time you hear this or want to put your television on mute whenever the “Fortnite OG Kickoff” comes on television, you can’t deny this is, well, a conversation starter.

Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis is sure tired of hearing about it.

Other reactions vary from genuine bewilderment to shameless enjoyment.

If you thought Al Michaels’ ad reads were funny, welcome to the era of the  “Fortnite OG Kickoff.”

Feature image courtesy of ESPN. 

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Yes, Skibidi Toilets appear to be coming to Fortnite, and fans are loving it

Yes, this is very much a thing.

In case you don’t have a Gen Alpha kid at home, you may be VERY confused by that headline.

Don’t worry. Back in July of 2023, I wrote a whole explainer about Skibidi Toilets, the funny meme of heads coming out of toilets that turned into an epic series of episodes depicting an apocalyptic war between toilets and dudes with cameras and TVs for heads (I know, it’s weird). It’s coming to a TV or theater near you thanks to Michael Bay.

And now, there’s a collab with Fortnite coming on Wednesday … we all think, thanks to a three-emoji tweet. We’ve seen other pop culture staples join the game, so this all makes a lot of sense.

So it seems like you’ll have skins you can buy for your character that will be Skibidi related. Fans are VERY excited.

These players built a creative solution to Lego Fortnite’s fast travel problem

These players found a clever solution to Lego Fortnite’s fast travel problem by building cars, planes, and flying fortresses

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Lego Fortnite fast travel isn’t a thing, both in the video game sense of instantly transporting yourself somewhere or in the normal sense of just moving kinda quickly. That makes moving around in Lego Fortnite’s vast open world a bit of a chore, but some clever players figured out a way to pick up the pace.

They built cars, planes, some flying fortresses, and one or two creations that probably don’t fit into any known category.

That’s all in the spirit of Lego, you might say, but the impressive part about this is that Lego Fortnite actually has pretty strict limits on what you can build and how it works. For starters, there are no blueprints for building cars or vehicles of any kind. Compounding the challenge is a quirk with Lego Fortnite blocks that means they don’t always function the way you might expect. If you slap some wheels on a basic block, they aren’t going to turn.

The foundation for these creations is dynamic – literally. It’s called the Dynamic Foundation block, named for how it interacts with other blocks in ways that most building materials in the game don’t. You can stick some balloons on it to create a floating platform or attach wheels to form a basic car.

YouTuber Zzyinc made what looks like a hybrid tank-car combo with a small hut on the front. Another creator just stuck some rockets on the foundation and went flying off into the sunset.

TikTok user Scuba tried using a thruster-balloon combination to make a large plane, though steering the flying contraption wasn’t the easiest task.

Speaking of flying, my favorite creation has to be this one, from Reddit user Peruunaa. It’s a complex build with multiple platforms, several thrusters, and some clever use of switches to control propulsion.

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Lego Fortnite doesn’t have steering wheels, so they placed their plane’s thrusters and switches in a pattern that meant they could toggle them on and off to control the airship’s direction.

Most of the materials these creations require, including flexwood, only become available as you make a fair bit of progress in a survival run, so expect to spend a lot of time on your little Lego feet before you can start building contraptions like this yourself.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

Court sides with Epic Games in Google Play monopoly case

The long court battle between Epic Games and Google Play is finally over, and Google came out worse for wear

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The long court battle between Epic Games and Google Play is finally over, and Google came out worse for wear. The jury verdict comes three years after Epic filed a suit accusing Google of operating an illegal monopoly with the Google Play store on mobile devices and, specifically, Google Play Billing (thanks, The Verge).

The jury answered yes to each allegation, stating Google has monopoly power in Android app distribution and in-app billing and that its position and anticompetitive actions harmed Epic Games. Epic wasn’t the only one harmed either. During the trial, evidence emerged of secret revenue sharing deals between Google and large corporations such as Netflix and Spotify, where Google didn’t impose Play Billing terms on certain entities – the same terms every other publisher had to abide by. 

“We plan to challenge the verdict,” Google VP of government affairs and public policy said in a statement. “Android and Google Play provide more choice and openness than any other major mobile platform. The trial made clear that we compete fiercely with Apple and its App Store, as well as app stores on Android devices and gaming consoles. We will continue to defend the Android business model and remain deeply committed to our users, partners, and the broader Android ecosystem.”

The judge hearing Epic v. Google hasn’t ordered any remediation from Google yet, and it’s unclear what actions they might require Google to take. Epic is aiming for freedom for developers and publishers to implement their own in-app stores on Android devices, though remediation discussions won’t begin until January 2024. While Epic and CEO Tim Sweeney will not seek payment for damages, Sweeny did say during the hearing that Epic stands to make “billions” of dollars by not having to pay Google for Play Billing.

Sweeney also laid off nearly 1,000 Epic employees just weeks before, citing difficult economic headwinds and company mismanagement as the cause.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

Where to find flexwood in Lego Fortnite

Our Lego Fortnite flexwood guide points out where to look and how to get all of it that you’ll need.

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Getting the Lego Fortnite flexwood material is a pretty lengthy process compared to harvesting the open-world game’s other necessary items – and flexwood definitely is necessary. You need it for crafting high-level weapons, better tools, and even the health charms that keep you going in the face of rollers and other powerful enemies. Getting it requires some additional upgrades first, though, and a long trek into the dusty wilderness.

Our Lego Fortnite flexwood guide points out where to look and how to get all of it that you’ll need.

How to get marble in Lego Fortnite

Our Lego Fortnite marble guide points out where to look and how to get more of the good stuff than you’ll probably ever need.

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If you want to upgrade your village and pretty much everything else in Epic’s new blocky builder, you’ll need plenty of the Lego Fortnite marble material. Marble is one of the more challenging building materials to find, since, unlike granite – and marble’s real-life counterpart – you can’t actually just hew it out of the rocks. You have to hunt down specific locations in one of Lego Fortnite’s open-world biomes. On the bright side, it’s a pretty easy biome to find, since you almost always start there.

Our Lego Fortnite marble guide points out where to look and how to get more of the good stuff than you’ll probably ever need.

Fortnite’s racing mode is the best of Rocket League and Mario Kart

Hot on the heels of Lego Fortnite, Epic added what essentially amounts to Fortnite Mario Kart with the new Rocket Racing mode

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Hot on the heels of Lego Fortnite, Epic added what essentially amounts to Fortnite Mario Kart with the new Rocket Racing mode. Rocket Racing combines Rocket League with classic arcade racing and the anti-gravity shenanigans of Mario Kart 8, and you can play it for free in Fortnite starting now.

Fortnite Rocket Racing lets you bring your Rocket League cars and cosmetics to the multiplayer game, or you can pick from a selection of standard cars if you’ve never played Rocket League before. It looks like drifting and smart timing of your boost feature take the place of Mario Kart-style powerups and the antics they inspire, though there’s still plenty of over-the-top personality in Rocket Racing thanks to its Rocket League origins.

Like in Psyonix’s car-soccer game, you can boost jump, flip your car, and fly – and fall – on the tracks. It seems pretty complicated, though once you get the hang of it, it looks like the type of mechanics you could use to pull off some pretty sweet moves.

Rocket Racer launches with 26 tracks, three biomes, and ranked and unranked modes. Ranked modes are divided similar to Fortnite ranks, starting at Bronze and ending with Unreal.

Like Lego Fortnite, Epic promised to continue supporting Fortnite Rocket Racing with new features and cars throughout 2024, and you can spend V-Bucks in the item shop to buy new cars or pieces.

You can download Fortnite Rocket Racing for free on all platforms now by finding it in Fortnite’s Discover tab.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

The Lego Fortnite update is even bigger than we expected

The Lego Fortnite update is live, bringing an element of survival to the multiplayer game, and it’s much deeper than we expected

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The Lego Fortnite update is live, bringing an element of survival to the multiplayer game, and it’s much deeper than we expected. Epic includes the hefty new update for free alongside regular Fortnite on all platforms in the Discover tab, so you get an expansive survival mode and leisurely sandbox building mode for the cost of absolutely nothing save for a few seconds of time.

It’s hard to overstate just how much like Minecraft this new Lego Fortnite update is. Survival mode puts your lil’ Lego guy, gal, superhero, or banana peel into a gorgeous world divided into themed biomes – meadow, volcano, and so on – and lets you fend for yourself against monsters and nature. You craft weapons, build shelters, and save hapless villagers from the dangers of the wild – or maybe not so hapless. In the short time we’ve managed to play Lego Fortnite, we’ve seen villagers take out entire packs of wolves without getting scratched.

Sandbox mode drops you into a safe world and lets you explore and build whatever you want, without having to worry about monsters, hypothermia, or death. Before you begin in sandbox or survival mode, you create a world, set certain parameters that guide how it operates – no hunger or death, for example – and team up with friends for multiplayer co-op if you want.

The big difference between Lego Fortnite and Minecraft – aside from the former being free – is that you can use a pretty big chunk of your Fortnite skins as your playable character. Granted, some skins don’t translate terribly well, but if you’ve ever dreamed of roaming a Lego forest with Jonesy, well, you can do it now.

Epic promised more updates, including more Lego Fortnite skins, throughout 2024, so Lego Fortnite is only going to keep getting bigger.

Meanwhile, if you’re still keen on playing battle royale mode, check out our guide for where to find the weapon mod bench locations if you want an extra advantage in each match.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

All Fortnite weapon mod bench locations

We’ve listed all the Fortnite weapon mod bench locations, with pointers for where to find the vault and how to apply mods as well.

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Fortnite weapon mod benches give you a slight advantage in the multiplayer game by letting you, well, mod your weapon. They’re not easy to find, though, and gaining access to weapon mod benches is even more challenging. If you don’t mind not being the first one on the scene, though, you can wait and let someone else do all the heavy lifting for you – with the caveat that they’ll probably take the loot you need to fund your mods, too.

We’ve listed all the Fortnite weapon mod bench locations below, with pointers for where to find the vault and how to apply mods as well.